Psalms 16:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Psalms 16:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. …
Psalms 56:1
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalms 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalms 116:6
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Psalms 84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

This psalm is entitled Michtam, which some translate a golden psalm, a very precious one, more to be valued by us than gold, yea, than much fine gold, because it speaks so plainly of Christ and his resurrection, who is the true treasure hidden in the field of the Old Testament. I. David here flies to God’s protection with a cheerful believing confidence in it (Ps. 16:1): “ Preserve me, O God! from…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 16:1-11. Michtam, or, by the change of one letter, Michtab--a “writing,” such as a poem or song (compare Is 38:9). Such a change of the letter m for b was not unusual. The position of this word in connection with the author’s name, being that usually occupied by some term, such as Psalm or song, denoting the style or matter of the composition, favors this view of its meaning, though we know no…